Impassioned pleas, stories from lifelong residents, and even questions on what could be done to help.
All of this was heard last week at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence in the effort to save this 116-year-old community resource.
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2/2/23
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In an email to Lawrence Woodmere Academy alumni, the board of trustees said there is a possibility that the nonsectarian private school in Woodmere might not reopen after the 2022-2023 school year.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/24/23
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It existed for just five seconds — but it was enough to power a home for an entire day.
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12/15/22
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What’s next?, is always the question when things change. So after the Cedarhurst sewage treatment plant was decommissioned in 2016, what’s next has been a discussion that is now nearly six years old.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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11/23/22
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The aprons were hung up for the last time at Lawrence Diner on 267 Burnside Ave. as the longtime Five Towns fixture closed its doors on Nov. 6.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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11/23/22
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Using user-friendly robots Botley and Dash, students at the Lawrence Primary School learned creative problem-solving, computational skills and how to code.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/23/22
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The Nov. 15 Cedarhurst Board of Zoning Appeals meeting was stirred to life by a dozen residents who expressed their disdain for a 17-apartment residential development proposed for 68 Washington Ave., on the already densely trafficked street that serves as the dividing line between the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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11/23/22
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Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association members brought their fight for a new contract to the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting, having joined forces with the school district’s clerical staff, custodial and maintenance workers and information technology employees.
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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11/23/22
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The line of marchers along Broadway in Hewlett on Nov. 8 was not celebrating Homecoming. The procession comprised Hewlett-Woodmere public school teachers seeking a new union contract to replace the …
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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11/17/22
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The volume of traffic across the Five Towns is much like the weather: Everybody talks about it, but nobody seems to be able to do much about it. Washington Avenue, which divides the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence, is a microcosm of the problem.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/17/22
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